>> this is "bbc world news america." funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, and kovler foundation, pursuin solutions for america's neglected needs.w, and no "bbc world news." kasia:his is "bbc world news america." i'm kasia madera. hewarning and a challenge to president trump on environment. a u.s. governmenreport says unchecked climate change will

cost america hundreds of billions of dollars. fo people are killed as militants tried to storm china's e in the pakistani city of karachi. a rare visit to iran as the country agai adjusts to life under u.s. sanctions. the bbc hears from the ordinary iranians caught up in the diplomatic struggle. >> some iranians we spoke to feared for their jobs in the far morebut others wer pragmatic. they say look, we have survived sanctions before and we will survive them again. kasia: and a global adventure and a new challenge with thesc help of outs around the world. kasia: hello, and a very warm welcome to this special edition of "rld news america" coming to you from london because of

course, our washington team are continuingo celebrate the thanksgiving holiday. a newly released u.s. federal government report has outlined the dangers posed by climate an, saying it will cost hundreds of billions of dollf s by the ende century. it adds that it could shrink the size of the u.s. economy by 10% if action isn't taken. the report, mandated by congrest and n with the help of more than a dozen u.s. government agencies, is that all -- is at odds with president trump's policies. he has repeatedly cast doubt on the fact that man-mamate change is real despite overwhelming scientific evidence, as james cook explains. james: in a sense it is an answer to a question posed by the prident who this week tweeted during a cold snap, "whatever happened to global warming?" it has been pretty cold in the northeastern united states this

week, this thanksgiving week for the holiday. government scientists, his own scientists, are providing him with a direct and very detailed h answer, wh that it is here and having a significant and serious impact on the united states already, and the potential future impacromay be cataic, with the loss of many, many more american lives o and the lohundreds of billions of dollars annually to the economy by the end of the century. kasia: james cook in los angeles. from washington we are joined by re of the contributing authors of this particulort. in terms of this repors this categorically say that climate change is here, and that the president of thes nited statesong? >> it certainly says that climate chan is here and will have negative efcts on the united states. the report does not directly say prthident is wrong, but clearly the president's tweet

the day before yesterday mak one of the fundamental mistakes that people sometimes make inlo ing at this, confusing weather, which happens over a day, and climate, which is a long-term trend. kasia: is that because we're talking about the extremeseie are in temperatures, the cold weather we are seeing, and the hot weather we are seeing, droughts and fires? is that something this report takes up on? >> it does. in have a much more more r ability to downscale our data about what is happening with respecto climate change and buting ways in which the intensity of some extreme weather events are happening caused by climate change affecting the united states. another part of the report looks at what will happen fu the re, and if the united states and other countries in the world fail to meet the targets w negotiated and agreed upon to try to stabilize temperature in the paris agreement

on climate change, if we fail to meet this, then we are looking at a future where as your reporter accurately said, itt will cns of thousands of lives annually and hundreds of billions of dollars annually. kasia: this is one of the most comprehensive looks at howan climate affects countries worldwide. are you frustrated -- you must be frustrated by the continual denials of president trump. >> well, yes, of course. i mean, the idea that you would confe what is happening on a particular cold day in washington or anywhere else with the ovall trends that are the product of decades of scientific study, thousands of scientists around the world looking at this evidence and coming to the same conclusion -- i understand it when it is not their job out for the welfare of all americans. t this is really the responsibility of government leaders at every level, certainly the national level. so while it is distressing that the president makes a mistake

like this and continues to deny the reality of what we are facing, i am encouraged by thend fact that ds of u.s. leaders at other levels, governors, mayors, business leaders, university ents, get this and are trying to meet the u.s. obligations. iskasia: but somewhere a dn was taken to release the findings of your report now. it is thanksgiving weekend. let's face it, people are enjoying time with their lies, out shopping, blac friday and the rest of it. they are gng to miss the headlines from your report. >> they will, buthat is why i am in your studio today and there are many peoplwho worked on the report who are out and trying to talk to responsible journalists like yourself. the important thing is that this is a 1700-page document that was the culmination of work of 300 authors. half of those governmentan

scientists oysts, half outside the government like me. it is going to enduring document that can be held against not just the episodic tweets of president trump, for the policies are government is tang. we can use to determine whether or not those are good policy choices or bad policy choices. the report by itself by design does not make explicit policy recommendations, but there are clear policy implications that can come from anyone wds this report. kasia: thank you from coming into our studio and thank you for making us aware of this. one of the contributing mphers of this hensive report. many thanks. >> thank you. kasia: of course we have much more on our website. not to china, -- now to china, whicht says that the milit attack on its consulate in karachi will not deter it from projects in pakistan. no consulate staff were hurt in the attack, but tce pakistani pofficers, two local people, and a gunman were killed.

separatist group, the baluchistan liberation army, which opposes chinese influence in pakistan, says it carried out the assault. reporter: gunfire outside the chinese consulate in the heart of pakistan's commercial capital. the attackers, armed with assault rifles and grenades, did not manage to enter the building, buttwo kistani civilio died, but the consulate staff were unarmed. >> i took the people inside and locked the door. the chinese asked what was happening. i told him there were terrorists and to stay inside. i barricad the door. but the terrorists just kept firing. reporter: the militant separatist group, the baluchistan liberation army, claimed responsibili the attack. they had been waging a low level insurgency, accusing the pakistani state of exploiting the region's natural resources , and it now say china is doing

the same thing. being hasra infstructure projects in this part of baluchistan. the economies want order to succeed and said the ndattack would notmine the relationship. >> we also believe that pakistan will continue to take effective measures to ensure the safe andl smooth dment of the china-pakistan economic inrridor. reporter: official both countries will be relieved that 'e death toll today wasn' higher. but this attack is the most high profe on a chinese target in pakistan so far, and that will raise concerns. bbc news, islamabad. kasia: british prime minister airwavesmay took to th today to try and sell her struggling brexit deal to the british public. she said that if parliament

votes against her plan, there will only be more division and uncertainty. on saturday she will travel to brussels for more talks before a summit on sunday, where the agreement is expected to be signed by the other eu member states.r here is puty political editor. i have to warn you that hisfl report containhing images. reporter: her rebellious mp's won't listen to her message on brexit. time to talk to the country. prime min. may: i think for most people out there, they want to get on with it. reporter: mrs. may talking over the heads of political opponents and tory mutineers. trying to tune in to public impatience with point scorin with a political game she may well lose. prime min. may: i will be explaining the deal to people up and down the country becauseabt is not just the mp's in westminster looking at the deal, it is about people across the country understanding what the deal is about. so that is my focus. >> no plans to resign?mi prim may: my focus is on

getting this deal through. reporter: then this blunt warning to parliament, brexiteer mp's and ministers -- no hope of defeating her brexit plant in hope of getting a better one. prime min. may: it people don't like that deal, can we have another one -- we won't get -- i do 't think they will cous and say we will give you a better deal. >> a former remainder had a tough question. >> without any convoluted answer, just between the two of us, what in your honest opinion is better for the u.k., your deal or the deal we had if we stayed in the eu? prime min. may: you say better off, better off -- actually, it's a different sort of environment and a different approach to be taking things.it reporter: not yes and not quite no. brexiteers know what they don't like. the former brexit secretary who

quit negotiations and the cabinet,onvinced nothing is worse than mrs. may's deal. >> i will not advocate staying in the eu, but if you just presented m terms of this deal or e.u. membership, because we woyd effectively be bound b the same rules but without the control -- this would be even worse than that. reporter: the chancellors in belfast charmingoc the demratic unionists. they are threatening to tear up the deal because they see the the plan as treating britain and northern ireland differently and union.t to th >> if she is successful in parliament and there is evidenci sh be successful in parliament -- that agreement was about getting nationalit stab it was acting in the national interest and delivering on brexit. >> i declare the brexit minimart open.rt re: a stunt brexit could come at a cost. more on the labor side are buying into the idea of a fresh referendum. >> i would like to have a

general election. the british public for the first time, for the first time, sh sld have whether they accept the negotiations, with the option of staying in the eu. -- odds onhe on's on a large number of mp'd's on both are stacked up against the brexit plan.e today ggested that if her plan is defeated in the commons, there is no chance of getting ao better one, bu brexiteers, including some in the cabinet, disagree. they may not want a leader who has no chance of success. as it is, we are all watching and waiting to find out, will this historic plan be pulled up short, stopped in its tracks? it is looking like it, but until then mrs. may's trying to make it work. kasia: turkey's prime minister has criticized donald trump's latest comments on the murder of saudi journalii. jamal khasho president trump downplayed the cia assessment that thsaudi crown prince mohammed bin salman ordered the killing.

mr. trump said that the intelligence agency has not conclusively placed the blame on the crown prince, and went on to say that m be held responsible for the death. mark lowen is our correspondent in istanbul. mark: frustration that the trumi administratinot accepting this wave of information and leaks that turkey has provided, including excerpts from the audio recording inside the saudi consulate in istanbul that documented the final gruesome minutes of jamal khashoggi's li. the turkish foreign minister said that donald trump is effectively turning a blind eye to who ordered the killing, it was not the right approach, and not everything is down to money. i think that turkey has one card n lefts back pocket, which is to release the audio tapes more widely to journalists and igother intece agencies, but they are not doing it yet, and i think that is because turkey feels it is the figel bit of levehey have over saudi arabia before there is

incontrovertible evidence of the premeditated killing and whobe might have beend it. it has been very interesting to see how president erdogan has managed to rally the international community b bind turkey aind him in a way that turkey has not managed for probab many years. as one official put it to me a couple days ago, for the first time we are on the same page as human rights watch. are not criticizing us, they are -- they are not criticizing us, they are criticizing saudi arabia and supporting us. it has helped turkeyd the upper hand. in terms of turkey's relationship with saudi arabia, also turkey has got the upper hand and put saudi arabia on the back foot. a bu this is an important but -- mohammad bin salman on still has donald trump and donald trump son-in-law jared kushner as important allies,

what erdogan really wants is the removal or extreme wea of crown prince mohammed bin salman. hehes not going anywhere for time being because he has his strongest ally in the white atuse. kasia: you are wing "bbc world news america." lots more still to come on tonight'program. we will be taking a rare visit to tehran. the bbc reports on what ordinary iranians make of tensions with united states. dolcgabbana products have been pulled from chinese e-commerce sites as a backlash against the controversial ad campaign grows.os the firmd videos this week showing a chinese modelt struggling to sta and pizza with chopsticks. the crisis deepened offensive comments about chinese people allegedly by the cofounder went viral. the firm said his instagram account had been hacked.

>> in the past few days we have been refcting a lot about everything that happened and everything we have caused in your country. we want to say we regret it and we are truly sorry. >> we also want to say sorry to all the chinese people around the world, because there are a lot of them. we take this apology very seriously, and we will never do something like this again. st kasia: the unitees has imposed tough new sanctions on iran this month, with donald trump renouncing the international agreement designed to resict the country's nuclear program. the measures, which britain and the eu opposed, are intended to hit iran's oil exports, shipping, and banks. but what do they mean for the people of iran? reports from the capital, tehran.

james: when iranians want to have fun, they go up to the mountains. and then come down fast. i this is a resothe foothills north of tehran. in winter they ski, mer they walk. a place where children, camilies, and couples can the hustle of tehran and breathe some clean air. behind the fun it is a different story. he works as a chef here and has little hope for the future. >> the iranians, so hard for living. everyone think abo going out of iran. james: that is because the latest american sanctions e hitting the economy, makinit harder to send oil overseas,nd

one doctor told us, tougher to find medicin we came across a man playing his sitar, a 23-year-old music student and graphic designer. >> so many businesses was trying to open, for example restaurants and cafés, but the material we were importing to iran was stopped, and that made so many businesses fail. james:hat view is not universal. he is 26, unemployed, and boy does he trust the government. >> there arearhips, but there are control. we can't control them. the government, the stat doing its best. mes: in the bazaars, many people were reluctant to talk to us, fearful of how authoritiest

miact. some who did speak trumble about -- grumble about the fluctuating currency. other businessmen were optimistic. >> we are facing problr the sanctions, but we can manage that. we know how to deal with it. james: the united states believests sanctions will bring about change of government in iran, and some iranians we spoke to feared for their jobs and feared for the future. but others were far more pragmatic. they say, look, we have survived sanctions before and we will survive them again. james landale, bbc news, in tehran. sia: you probably know him as a global adventurer and television host, but now he isin launan initiative with the united nations in his new roleas as chief ador for world scouting. the b u's nada tawfik caug with him at the u.n. in new drrk.

>> the scouts aren by the young people, that is what i love so much. this is young peopleery corner of the world saying we want to help. want to do something good. sometimes people hear about the sustainable development goals of, what are yo talking about, but really what we are saying is let's promote peace and protect our planet and helped people prosper and try to oiduce poverty. young people are gng to be the people who drive those things. it is not going to be us, it is going to be young people. all we do as scout leaders is trying to facilitate that and say let's do this together. nada: what are some of those projects, and where do you thini in parlar youth can make an impact? >> it is not just a few projects we're involved in. there are millions and millions these local scout group i was looking at some of the stories coming in at the moment. we have scouts in some of the most violent areas in colombia presenting a positive alternative to kids joining

gangs now to now joining the scouts. the is another great one i sudan where scouts are teaching schools how to make their water safe to drink. it is really exciting. when you think of the numbers involved, some of these scouts have delivered a billion hours of services. it is almost hard to bieve. when we say we want to take that, add another 3 billion hours, it is like, wow. that is actually how you change the world at a local level but on a massive scale. nada: i know the scouts have put emphasis not just on physical health, but mental health.re ntly you are very open about your own battles with anxiety. >> i'm definitely not fearless. i have many, many fears and anxieties. but i have also learned that the best way over our fears -- one, to hold people that really love ur and always move towards, don't run fromears. scouts are trained from a young

age to know that together we are stronger and we are brave and it is allbout facing the fficult things and doing it. scouts always shine a light all around the wld for that sense of courage and kindness and never giving up. kasia: inspirational stuff there. the majority of african artifacts in french museums should be sent back to their countries of origin. this is cording to a report by --by commissionemmanuel macron.rt the reays it is unacceptable that around 90% of african artistic heritage is outside africa. from paris here is hugh , schofield. li not in africa, but places like here, the museum of noneuropean civilization in paris. debates have gone on for years, but this official frencheport breaks new ground. basically, it says that most of what is here should go back. it is reckoned that fully two

thirds of the museums' africa collection is concerned by the report's findings. these are pieces which were acquired by france in the colonial period either by acts of outright pillage, or, and here is the crucial point, in is,tr the f wrench colonial power.de it was pre macron himself a year ago on a trip to africa who opened the way. speaking in burkina faso, he said it was wrong for only europeans and americans to have access to african art. in five years he wanted to start e process of temporary o definitive restitution. the report, which he commissioned then, has been welcomed by those who campaign for a return of rica's cultural inheritance, like this woman who runs an art center in benin. yo>> igo to an importantmu um in benin, you cannot find the doors of the palace, because

the doors are in paris.ca yoot find the thrones of our kings because the thrones are in paris. f you cannd the statues because the statues are in ytris. you cannot find anng. we need that back. hugh: the rort's premise is that any piece brought from africa in colonial times was all -- almost certainly acquired without informed consent. but for critics that is a wildly sweeping generalization.t >> once you stom the premise that the whole colonial period was a crime, then immediately every work of art, whether it has been donated or collected or bought,l becomes a case of fraud. that is the heart of their argument. it is really extreme and an assault on museums. hugh: served with the museum and its equivalent -- so it the

museum and its equivalents in london it is not going to happen tomorrow, but the ideas no longer taboo. kasia: how is thisor something to be thankful for? a couple in the louisiana is $1.3 million richer after finding a winning lottery ticket in a pile of paperwork at home. they were just in time. they we able to claim the prize only two weeks before it would ha expired. they found the ticket while they were cleang the house for thanksgiving. it pays to be tidy. they say they have no big plans, just to puthe money away for retirement. congratulations to them. don't foet that we are all on social media. we would love to hear from you. >> with the bbc ne app, our vertical videos are designed to work around your lifestyle, so you can swipe youray through the news of the day and stay up-to-date with thlatest app stores.

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captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> yang: good evening. i'm john yang. judy woodruff is off. on the "newshour" tonight, a new report paints a dire picture of the effect of climate change over the next century and pushes back against skeptics. then, the war in yemen has left more tn 80,000 children dead over the last three and a half years and now the country is on the edge of famine. it's friday. david brooks and ruth rcus discuss the president's public spat with the chief justice, the politics otroops on the border and more. and we continue our fall fms series with a look at the drama "green book"-- a road trip across the racial landscape of the jim crow south. >> when you have two people who are that different and they find themselves in a confined space for a long